Lewandowski calls for Manafort resignation

Corey Lewandowski said Donald Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, should resign if he was the last person to review Melania Trump’s speech, which has some overlap with Michelle Obama’s 2008 convention speech.

“I agree with Reince Priebus. Whoever wrote the speech should be made accountable and fired,” said Lewandowski, lamenting that the focus had shifted from Melania Trump to a staff error. Lewandowski was fired as Trump’s campaign manager in June, after clashing with Manafort.

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He also expressed specific suggestions for Manafort, should the error have been his. “When I was the campaign manager, the buck stopped with me, and I'm sitting here with CNN now,” he said. “I think if it was Paul Manafort, he’d do the right thing and resign. If he was the last person who saw this, and saw this happen, and has brought this on the candidate’s wife, I think he’d resign because that’s the type of person he would be. “

Lewandowski stressed that he did not know whether Manafort was the last high-level staffer to review the speech, but that whoever did should be held responsible. “Someone at the senior levels of that campaign did see that speech,” he said. “There’s accountability in life.”

He showed sympathy for Melania Trump and praised the speech. “I think it's unfortunate that Mrs. Trump is subject to this because of a staff mistake and she should never have been subject to it. She's too good for that,” he said.